About the Authors

Imelda Omana-Zapata

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

imelda_omana-zapata@bd.com

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, United States of America

Caren Mutschmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SYNLAB Unweltinstitut GmbH, Berlin, Germany

John Schmitz

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Sarah Gibson

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Kevin Judge

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, United States of America

Monika Aruda Indig

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Trial and Cellular Therapy Services, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Beverly Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, United States of America

Doreen Taufman

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation SYNLAB Unweltinstitut GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Alan M. Sanfilippo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Histocompatibility Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Wendy Shallenberger

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Sharon Graminske

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Clinical Trial and Cellular Therapy Services, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Rachel McLean

Roles Investigation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Rubal I. Hsen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Nicole d’Empaire

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation BioCollections Inc., Miami, FL, United States of America

Kimberly Dean

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, United States of America

Maurice O’Gorman

Contributed equally to this work with: Imelda Omana-Zapata, Caren Mutschmann, John Schmitz, Sarah Gibson, Kevin Judge, Monika Aruda Indig, Beverly Lu, Maurice O’Gorman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. The studies were funded by BD Biosciences, the employer of Imelda Omana-Zapata, Kevin Judge, Beverly Lu and Kimberly Dean. Caren Mutschmann and Doreen Taufman are employed by SYNLAB Unweltinstitut GmbH and Nicole d’Empaire by BioCollections Inc. Maurice O’Gorman is a consultant for BD Biosciences. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.